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authorjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1995-07-23 07:01:05 +0000
committerjoerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1995-07-23 07:01:05 +0000
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bkr() returns an int, and not a pointer. Document this.
Closes PR #pending/630. Pointed out by: phk Obtained from:
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/brk.2 b/lib/libc/sys/brk.2
index c84393d..7580f38 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/brk.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/brk.2
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
.Nd change data segment size
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
-.Ft char
-.Fn *brk "const char *addr"
+.Ft int
+.Fn brk "const char *addr"
.Ft char *
.Fn *sbrk "int incr"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ for the definition of
.Em etext ) .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Nm Brk
-returns a pointer to the new end of memory if successful;
+returns 0 if successful;
otherwise -1 with
.Va errno
set to indicate why the allocation failed.
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